Plumbers in South Lanarkshire are amongst the top 10 most complained about in the UK.

In the past two years, 207 complaints were received by South Lanarkshire Council’s trading standards department about plumbing work or products.

The Water Regulation Advisory Scheme (WRAS) submitted Freedom of Information requests to every council in the UK with a trading standards authority to determine the areas where most complaints were lodged about plumbing tradesmen.

South Lanarkshire had the fourth highest number of complaints out of all council areas in the UK. It’s the only Scottish region to make the top 10 list.

Julie Spinks, managing director of WRAS, said: “Consumers are experiencing problems with plumbers up and down the country. Whilst it’s encouraging to see that so many are using their right to complain about bad tradesmen, it’s worrying that so many have felt the need to.

“Despite there being more than 7000 complaints lodged to UK councils in the last two years, only 12 fines were issued.

“I’d urge anyone looking for a plumber to always go through an approved scheme, such as WaterSafe or through their water company, which vets them to check they are suitably qualified.”